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Drinking a Beverage for the First Time
Brain-machine cooperation. Sorto wanted to be able to drink a beverage at his own pace. Here he cooperates
with a computer by issuing stop and go brain signals for a sequence of actions programmed by the computer
system. Populations of neurons selective for actions can be used to make these state transitions. This
demonstrates how higher-level cognitive signals can interface with lower level machine control signals.
Collaborators at John Hopkins University developed the robotic arm. (Credit: Caltech)

Surgery & Rehab
This seven-minute video, captures the day of surgery, moving robotic arm for first time, first drink and
rehabilitation. (Credit: Keck Medicine of USC)